Alright gang, here are this week’s updated minor league rosters. You can compare this to the week 3 roster and week 2 rosterand week 1 roster that I had posted earlier if you would like.

Quite a few cuts all in around in the minors this week, with one more round left to go this week before minor league rosters are finalized next Monday.

I’ll keep on the lookout for each new officially posted roster and keep them updated here as needed.

I don’t know how much of a limb I am going out on to project this, but I have updated my Clearwater Threshers website with this (click here) as my projected 2008 line up. The projection is based on the latest 2008 ST roster mixed in with a little intuition. I’m guessing I’ll have about 20 of the 25 players correct, with a few free agent signings thrown in at the last minute just to mess things up and maybe a few other moves in the mix.

Today is the last day for the depth charts. We’ll focus on relievers today. Try to only discuss/nominate guys who are current relievers, not guys who are starting now but in 3 years might be bullpen guys. The one exception could be Pat Overholt, who was a reliever, then switched to starting last year, but is likely to be a reliever again, probably at some point this year. So let’s figure out the relievers, and over the weekend I’ll try and update the main depth chart tag at the top of the page to reflect my opinions as well as the sentiments expressed in all of these discussions over the last few days. I think this has been a worthwhile exercise, as it’s really highlighted exactly where our strengths and weaknesses are as a system. Thanks for the participation.

We’re winding down now, working on the lefties today, and then the relievers tomorrow. I’m going to go back through all of the depth chart posts, get a sense of the responses, and then I’ll update the main depth chart at the top of the page in the next few days, so if you want to weigh in on a different position before it’s tallied, make sure to do so soon. While we’re not as strong from the left side, we’ve still got some promising arms.

We’ll do right handed starting pitchers, then lefthanded starting pitchers, and then relief pitchers all together. Because the list of candidates is so long, I won’t list them, but it’s pretty easy to find. Let’s try and list a Top 8 or so for righties. Also don’t forget a guy like Julian Sampson who signed, but hasn’t made his debut yet.

We’re at the end of the line for our position prospects today, and then we’ll do pitchers over the next two days.  Guys to consider for RF

Jeremy Slayden (25) — Gus Milner (23) — Dominic Brown (20) — Matt Spencer (22) — TJ Warren (19)

I guess you can include Michael Taylor here if you want, he did play 13 games in RF last season.

A position with a few interesting guys, lets give it a go.

Javon Moran (25) — Greg Golson (22) — Quintin Berry (23) — D’Arby Myers (19) — Dominic Brown (20) — Arlon Quiroz (21)

I’ve included Berry here because he played 93 games in CF and 37 in LF. 37 games in LF is a significant amount, which is why I included him as an option in the LF depth chart. To me, Berry seems like a guy who could end up a 4th OF, and if he does, he’ll be able to play all three spots with his speed. Centerfield is probably our deepest position, prospectwise, outside of righthanded pitching and possibly catcher.

I figured we’d handle all three outfield spots separately, even though a few of these guys are probably interchangeable within the three positions. Some guys to consider

Quintin Berry (23) — Michael Taylor (22) — Jermaine Williams (21) — Matt Spencer (22)  — TJ Warren (19)

Jermaine Williams has some of the worst statistics imaginable. But I listed him because he’s still young. McDonald and Warren both have played more in RF than LF, but one/both could end up in LF I guess.

At least a few decent options today….

Jason Donald (23) — Fidel Hernandez (22) — Freddy Galvis (1 — Jesus Villegas Andino (21) — Alan Schoenberger (19)

Now we move to 3B, another horror show within our organization. A toolsy 19 year old who struggled in his debut as our top 3B prospect….ouch.  Candidates to consider

Welinson Baez (23) — Hector Made (23) — PJ Antoniato (24) — Derrick Mitchell (21) — Travis Mattair (19)

For the sake of sanity, let’s only rank Top 3…scratch that, Top 2.

We’ve got one obvious candidate here, another pretty good candidate, then a lot of uncertainty. Let’s try and rank a Top 5 again, here are some guys to consider…

Adrian Cardenas (20) — Brad Harman (22) — Michael Garciappara (25) — Tyler Mach (23) — Adam Sorgi (23) — Ambiorix Rincon (21)